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AL-ZARQAWI --- TANGO UNIFORM

Could there have been a better headline waiting for me when I wiggled the mouse* and the computer came to life this morning?  Well ... maybe that Osama Bin Laden has been staked to a bed of fire ants ... but this is almost as good.  Ab Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, is DRT after an air raid north of Baghdad. 

Really ... this doesn't take much commentary, except to say a "well done" to our men and women in uniform fighting Islamic terrorism in Iraq.  It is worth noting that it was tips from Iraqi civilians who led security forces to Al-Zarqawi's location.  They wanted him gone as much as we did.

One more thing ... how long will it be before some leftist or Democrat steps forth and starts whining about how many civilians were killed in the raid that sent al-Zarqawi to hell. 

By the way ... just  what are Zarqawi's buddies like John Murtha, Howard Dean, John Kerry and Michael Moore going to do now?  Who will fax them their talking points?

*OK, so I wiggle the mouse in the mornings.  Hey ... nobody's perfect.

ANN COULTER GOT IT RIGHT !!!!

So she must be demonized!

Ann Coulter has a new book out.  Ann Coulter wants to generate publicity for her new book, in order to increase sales.  She does this by saying outrageous things to get attention.  Fine ... it just happens that the outrageous things happen to be true, and Coulter says them much better than anyone else.  Her latest effort is no exception.  In her new book 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism,' Coulter takes on a small group of the 9/11 widows, saying among other things: "I've never seen people enjoy their husbands' deaths so much."  Oh Lordy .. how the left doth rage! View video of Ann on the Today Show with Matt Lauer.

The fact is what she wrote was true!  And the left is busy right now making Coulter's point for her.  There is a small set of 9/11 victims whose loved ones were tragically killed on that day....who have chosen to step into the arena of politics.  They criticize the Bush Administration at every turn and they showed up at the 9/11 Commission meetings to try and back Richard Clarke.  These widows are the perfect spokesmen for the left!  Think about it ... they're set up as icons for no reason other than their husbands happened to have a job at the World Trade Center.  Once they have been established as untouchable icons, they start parroting the leftist anti-Bush, anti-war line.  The difference here is that you're just supposed to sit here and take it.   The rules of politically correct engagement dictate that you are not allowed to criticize them or what they say because they are 9/11 widows!  Ann Coulter crossed that line, as only Ann Coulter can ... and now the left is playing their cards exactly the way the play book says they should.

This is not unlike Cindy Sheehan.  Some say she shouldn't be criticized because her son was killed in Iraq.  But when she chose to become an activist and push her cause, she opened herself up to debate.  All bets are off. This is the same thing.  A very small group of 9/11 widows are milking what happened. Did they want their husbands to die?  Of course not.  But now they're perfectly willing to wrap themselves in the shield of 9/11 widowhood while they take their shots at Bush and our efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

By the way ... Ann Coulter will be on the show today.  She can say all of this much better than I can.

U.N. #2 BASHES UNITED STATES

Kofi Annan's second in command, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown made some comments yesterday about the United States that are not only outrageous, but also serve as yet another reminded of how useless that organization is.  In a speech, Malloch Brown said the United States relies on the U.N. as a diplomatic tool, but doesn't defend it from criticism at home.  He called it "stealth diplomacy."  But here's the part he's missing.  The U.N., as a diplomatic tool, is completely worthless.

What is their track record?  What wars have they stopped?  What programs have they successfully managed?  How about the Oil For Food program?  Does that sound familiar, Mr. Deputy Secretary-General?  He also went on to make an interesting comment about how the U.N. is perceived in the rest of the country: "Much of the public discourse that reaches the U.S. heartland has been largely abandoned to its loudest detractors such as Rush Limbaugh and Fox News."  This is just too good.

Here is the #2 man at the U.N....complaining about talk radio and Fox News.  Why would he be doing that?  Because those two media outlets hold the United Nations to account and don't give it a pass like the mainstream media does.  U.N. Ambassador John Bolton called Malloch Brown's comments a grave mistake.  Absolutely...because guess who is the #1 contributor to the U.N.?  We are.

The fact is that the U.N. has been a third-world dominated anti-American organization since day one.  It has proven itself to be next to useless in preventing conflicts, while its blue-helmeted "peace keepers" have proven themselves to be adequate rape machines.  The U.N. complains about the treatment of terrorist detainees at Gitmo while ignoring slavery and genocide in the African Continent.  How many of you remember that about 40 years ago the U.N. took UNICEF money that had been gathered by naive little American trick-or-treaters and used it to purchase bombs to drop on children in Katanga? 

So Mr. Malloch Brown, in the words of the great 20th century philosopher Stone Cold Steven Austin:  know your role and shut your mouth.

AMERICANS WANT UNIVERSAL COVERAGE

A new report out says Americans want universal health coverage.  According to a committee set up by Congress, the federal government should guarantee basic coverage for all.  What an incredible surprise!  Americans want government-provided health security!  I'll alert the media!

We already have what amounts to a socialized medicine program in several areas....from Medicare to Medicaid to prescription drug coverage and so on.  How much difference would it make if the government just took it all over?

Quite a bit.  First of all, where is the money going to come from for such a plan?  You guessed it...the American taxpayer.  You think your rates are high now...just wait until "free" healthcare comes along.  The income tax rates it would take to pay for such a thing would boggle the mind.  Second, even with increased revenues...how are we going to pay for it?  The federal budget is already over 3 trillion dollars...are we just going to have the federal government confiscate trillions more?  We already can't cover the entitlements we have now.

But most importantly of all, what would happen to the quality of health care?  You see, the idea that people in other countries in Europe and in Canada that have this are satisfied with it is a myth.  That's why you have Canadians routinely coming across the border into the United States to get care.  Could it be because they have to wait months to get a simple arthroscopic knee surgery that you could schedule for the day after tomorrow?.  Do you know there are waiting lists in Canada for many procedures?  Because the government is in charge.

But sadly, the day is coming when your health care will be provided by the same government that manages the post office -- and it will come because Americans are all-too-willing to abandon freedom and independence for government-provided security.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

If this represents their driving test, it sure explains a lot. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

The mainstream media has a new darling...in the form of First Lieutenant Ehren Watada, who released a statement refusing to be deployed to Iraq.    Every war has conscientious objectors, but this guy is going to get all sorts of attention.

The Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage has now officially gone nowhere...failing to pass by a vote of 49 to 48. They needed a two-thirds vote, which was never going to happen.  And thus ends the  gay marriage straw man...for now.

So why did the Bush Administration do a 180 and all of a sudden decide to negotiate with Iran?  Victor Davis Hanson explains why...but one of the biggest reasons?  It's an election year.

When Duke Cunningham was marched off to jail, many wrote the district off for the GOP.  But now that Republicans have held onto the seat, Democrats are left scratching their heads.  Jay Cost attempts to make sense of it all.

Larry Elder takes note of ABC's decision to air the National Spelling Bee in prime time.  Surprisingly, over 9 million people watched.  Perhaps society is not doomed after all and people have some interest in academics.  Or not.

Matt Towery talks about Chuck Schumer's cheap shot at the South over terror funding, in which he wondered if "peanut farmers in Georgia were a greater target than the Empire State Building." 

Democrats just can't get a break.  If they can't win a special Congressional election in which the incumbent went to jail for corruption, they're in trouble.  So what can they do?  Howard Fineman of Newsweek has some advice.

Herman Cain is tired of RINOs....that is, Republicans In Name Only.  Along with the Democrats in the Senate, they continue to sink one good legislative proposal after another.  Cain's solution: it's time to go RINO hunting.

The media not only focuses on the Bush Administration's problems, but they actually also ignore his successes.  Bill Sammon cites some examples of things that  have gone right for the White House.

The House of Representatives is pushing up the fines at the Federal Censorship Commission...up to $325,000 now for indecency violations.  The problem with this, of course, is what exactly is "indecent?"  That's the definition that will change over time.

Should I include this as a "reading" assignment?  Or should I not.  Oh, what the hell.  Go ahead.  It's an animated cartoon that pretty much tells how I feel about the morning coffee klatch news on television.  But ... BEWARE!  Very, very naughty language.  If you can't handle some creative use of the most versatile word in the English language ... that being the F-word ... then don't click on this link!  Remember ... these words have no power beyond what you give them.

James Taranto looks at 60 Minutes 21 months later in Best of the Web.

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